War Hero

ADC

'There is much to learn from the British: their reticence about disclosing details, their clear expertise in human intelligence, their non-hysterical reaction to very real threats. Many Americans may have an inferiority complex about things British -- the refinement, the style and, of course, those accents' -

LE

Very true. The RBL is an entirely admirable organisation and BAFF is not intending to try to compete with it in any way at all. In fact we hope that BAFF, SSAFA, the RBL, Combat Stress etc etc will all be available to complement each others' work. The USP of BAFF at the moment is its proven ability to get potentially controversial issues onto the media agenda without risking serving personnels' careers.

The BAFF membership subscription is there to pay for very basic running costs: stamps, envelopes, paper etc etc. Nobody is getting paid, and nobody is making any money out of it. It does require a certain amount of goodwill at first, but if the Federation develops as we hope, it will be worth it.

War Hero

LE

If the Sappers are having bespoke imagery, I want to see piccies of AS90 coming onto a gun position, narrowly missing a small female subaltern who thinks that GLSC is a real job and the guys in the cabs can actually hear her!!

They used to say if an infinite number of chimps typed we would get the works of Shakespeare, the internet has proved this is NOT the case...

Didn't the National Socialists have a differentiated lapel badge for the founding fathers of the movement? Actually, I'd quite like to see MBAFF or FBAFF as post-noms.

Cuddles said:

If the Sappers are having bespoke imagery, I want to see piccies of AS90 coming onto a gun position, narrowly missing a small female subaltern who thinks that GLSC is a real job and the guys in the cabs can actually hear her!!

Clanker

Have I missed something? What's the point of BAFF? If we in this forum are doing our jobs correctly there's no need for it. If anyone saw the BFBS Reports (sorry, on Ops it's the only TV I can get) piece on BAFF you would know what a micky mouse operation it is! Don't do your TV launch and admit you only have 100 members.

MIA

Have I missed something? What's the point of BAFF? If we in this forum are doing our jobs correctly there's no need for it. If anyone saw the BFBS Reports (sorry, on Ops it's the only TV I can get) piece on BAFF you would know what a micky mouse operation it is! Don't do your TV launch and admit you only have 100 members.

Perhaps you've missed the various discussions on ARRSE, or not visited the BAFF website. As you say, if those in this forum (and other members of the CoC) were doing their job properly there would be no need for BAFF; unfortunately, some aren't and there is.

It's a shame that you think we should perhaps not have been honest at the launch, but the whole point of the launch is to let people know that they can join. Otherwise, it would be rather like suggesting that a shop should not be opened until all the stock is sold!

I am pleased to able to report that there has been a steady stream of membership applications since the launch, from officers as well as ORs.